and pope francis visits a migrant camp on the greek island of lesbos. hello and welcome to bbc news. the rules around travelling into the uk have been tightened again in a bid to control the spread of the new omicron variant of covid. the british government says the move is necessary, because of an increase in cases of the strain which are directly linked to foreign travel. anyone arriving into the uk from tuesday morning will need proof of a negative covid test taken within 48 hours prior to travel. they will also need to take a pcr test before the end of their second day in the uk and will have to self—isolate until they receive their negative test result. but the travel industry has strongly criticised the move, with one industry executive saying, "the introduction of pre—departure "testing with little warning is a hammer blow". nigeria is to be added to the uk government's travel red list. from tomorrow morning, anyone arriving into the uk from a red list country will need to pay for — and self—isolate in — a pre—booked government—approved hotel for ten days. our business correspondent, katie prescott reports. katie prescott, reports. travel testing is changing. only a few days ago, the transport secretary told the telegraph, "holidaymakers won't be asked to take "pre—departure covid tests." now, pre—departure testing has arrived as the new variant of the virus spreads. we have also decided to require pre—departure tests. that's for all inward travellers. that will be affected from 4am on tuesday and they will be required that will be affective from 4am on tuesday and they will be required a maximum of 48 hours before the departure time. we've been clear that we will take action if it is necessary. but it is important that, whilst we are introducing these new border measures today, that to remember that vaccinations, remember, they are our first line of defence and the booster programme, the expansion of the booster programme is hugely important. from monday, nigeria will be added to the red list. only uk citizens will be able to enter the country from nigeria and they'll have to pay to quarantine on arrival. the problem is there might not be enough quarantine hotels available. the travel industry is furious, saying the changing advice will knock people's willingness and confidence to travel. they say it's another devastating blow. our concern is we know predeparture tests are a hugely damaging... to confidence. they are a major tests are a hugely damaging___ to confidence. they are a major barrier to travel. we saw that before. we think it is premature to introduce those tests. we have the red lists being used and those pcr tests. these are temporary measures and will be looked at again in three weeks�* time on december 20th. katie prescott, bbc news. joining me now is gemma antrobus of haslemere travel in surrey. asa as a luxury travel company. welcome and thank you forjoining us, what is your reaction to those predeparture is your reaction to those predepa rtu re tests now is your reaction to those predeparture tests now being introduced?— predeparture tests now being introduced? , ._ ~ introduced? yesterday i think the whole industry — introduced? yesterday i think the whole industry was _ introduced? yesterday i think the whole industry was pretty - whole industry was pretty dumbfounded by the introduction of the tests before returning to the uk, particularas the tests before returning to the uk, particular as grant shapps had said less than 2a hours previously this wouldn't be introduced. it was something they were not considering. as we have entered the weekend, already contacting clients about the new returning requirements, the pcr tests on or before day two, this was not something we expected to be spending the entire saturday night and the rest of the weekend contacting clients in resort and those about to travel to the advice of these new entry requirements for when they return back to the uk. i5 when they return back to the uk. is it going to be logistically possible for everyone to fulfil these requirements with this short notice? it should be. we've been hit before. we had these measures in place until the beginning of october, this is not something that is completely brand—new. there are many people that are booked to travel at this time of year and booked at times when this was already in place. remembering people that travelled all the way through the summer and into early october has to go through exactly the same measures that we have in place now. we got quickly used to not having them. the results will be working overnight to make sure if you are staying in a hotel, they will be able to put this in place for you to return. for those that are travelling now, they do not have the luxury of taking one of those less expensive self tests with them. that is now something that, if you are travelling in the coming weeks, you can purchase relatively inexpensively online, take with you and complete them in front of a medical professional on a video call to be able to satisfy those requirements for coming back in if you can't get a test in your particular resort. they are pretty prevalent across the world. especially lateral flow tests. it is not straightforward but talk to your travel professional and they will be able to help you advise how to get that done swiftly at most effectively for you. what's the situation with _ effectively for you. what's the situation with your _ effectively for you. what's the situation with your company i effectively for you. what's the | situation with your company in effectively for you. what's the - situation with your company in terms of number of people travelling over the holiday season and how people are responding to what is happening in terms of cancellations being made? , ., , , ., made? obviously, over the next few weeks and leading _ made? obviously, over the next few weeks and leading up _ made? obviously, over the next few weeks and leading up to _ made? obviously, over the next few weeks and leading up to the - weeks and leading up to the christmas period is particularly busy. many people who didn't have holidays over the summer are taking them at christmas. we have been having those open conversations with clients about what they need to do now to fulfil those holidays. many people really do want to travel. this is frustrating for them. it is an additional cost but with the right advice, it is possible to still take your holiday, there is no reason not to. we have been very clearly identified the red list countries, those are people you countries, those are people you countries you would have to quarantine from. these aren't places many leisure travels will be —— travellers will be travelling to. this is temporary and it will be in place for the next few weeks. what the transport secretary needs to understand, even though it is temporary and possibly longer, what they have not told the travel industry is what financial support they will be putting in place to help us through this period. when we had this before, even up to the beginning of october, there were grants and loans available to the industry but they have mentioned nothing of this as yet. this is something they need to be pretty swift on turning around, so the travel industry, which is the most heavily affected from the pandemic is not further impacted because of this measure that has come in very, very quickly. if this measure that has come in very, very quickly-— very quickly. if you could talk directly to — very quickly. if you could talk directly to a _ very quickly. if you could talk directly to a government - very quickly. if you could talk- directly to a government minister right now, what would you say? if rare right now, what would you say? if we have to put — right now, what would you say? if we have to put measures _ right now, what would you say? if we have to put measures in _ right now, what would you say? if we have to put measures in place to protect the safety of the british public, which everybody understands, there needs to be the understanding of the consequences that has two the industry. when they say we are putting these measures in place, we need to communicate with the industry about the financial support for those individual businesses that now will be heavily affected by this measure. and we will be there to help you through this period once we keep our people safe and continue to support businesses so you continue to thrive on the other side of this. thank you very much, gemma. let's speak now to professor rowland kao, epidemiologist at university of edinburgh. welcome and thank you forjoining us. as we were just discussing a new travel measures coming in and there is a three week review period. basically what the government gets to grips with what omicron is going to grips with what omicron is going to mean, the seriousness of it going forward. we had a bit of extra time. what is the sense that you have in terms of the effects, the potential impact, of omicron? i terms of the effects, the potential impact, of omicron?— impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to _ impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to say _ impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to say is _ impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to say is there - impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to say is there is - impact, of omicron? i guess the first thing to say is there is stilll first thing to say is there is still an awful lot we don't know and an awful lot of uncertainty regarding the potential impact in the medium term future for the omicron variant. but what we do know is there is now increasing evidence from south africa that widespread and that the reinfection rates, the rate at which the omicron variant is affecting people who have already been infected with other versions of the coronavirus, is higher. that is new and different compared to the other variants. the increased risk means it is more likely that highly vulnerable portions of the population here are likely to become... have greater risk posed to themselves. remember, we have largely protected them through a combination of natural infection and vaccination, mainly the latter. some of those protections will likely disappear but we don't know for sure. in terms ofthe but we don't know for sure. in terms of the impact — but we don't know for sure. in terms of the impact of _ but we don't know for sure. in terms of the impact of the _ but we don't know for sure. in terms of the impact of the omicron - of the impact of the omicron variant, we keep hearing that it is mild. , i variant, we keep hearing that it is mild.- i think— variant, we keep hearing that it is mild.- i think it _ variant, we keep hearing that it is mild. yes. i think it is still the case that _ mild. yes. i think it is still the case that nobody _ mild. yes. i think it is still the case that nobody has - mild. yes i think it is still the case that nobody has died of it, i'm not sure what the latest is on that. yes. that is still the case, you say. yes. that is still the case, you sa . , yes. that is still the case, you sa. , ., , ., say. does that give some cause for comfort? as _ say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far _ say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far as _ say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far as i _ say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far as i know, - say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far as i know, it - say. does that give some cause for comfort? as far as i know, it is - comfort? as far as i know, it is still the case _ comfort? as far as i know, it is still the case that _ comfort? as far as i know, it is still the case that there - comfort? as far as i know, it is still the case that there are - comfort? as far as i know, it is still the case that there are no| still the case that there are no deaths but i haven't looked over the last 12 hours. one of the things to note is that it is still relatively early on. we do know there are cases of severe illness in south africa. we do know... this is where most of our information is coming from. we do know it is widespread. the issue is going to be it could be that the number of deaths will be few and we will be glad for that. but if it is transmitting much faster and penetrating into those vulnerable populations, it could cause a lot of knock on effects, deaths directly and indirectly. we will have more people likely going into hospital under certain scenarios and we can't rule those out at the moment. we need a bit more time in order to figure out what is going to happen with the omicron variant, particularly here in the uk. doctor rowland kao. _ particularly here in the uk. doctor rowland kao, thank _ particularly here in the uk. doctor rowland kao, thank you _ particularly here in the uk. doctor rowland kao, thank you very - particularly here in the uk. doctor| rowland kao, thank you very much particularly here in the uk. doctor- rowland kao, thank you very much for joining us. rowland kao, thank you very much for 'oinin~ us. . .. rowland kao, thank you very much for 'oinin~ us. ., ,, i. let's bring you some live pictures from the greek island of lesbos where the pope is meeting refugees touring a temporary reception centre set up after the notorious moria camp burned down, last year. the new mavrovouni camp, set up in an old army firing base, hosts about 2,300 people, most of them afghans. it was a very different picture when he was last there with 25,000 refugees. he flew back to the vatican following a one—day trip in 2016 with three families of syrian refugees, offering asylum to all 12 of them, including six children. i think he said he wants to take 50 refugees back on this trip. greece has long been the main entry point into the european union for migrants and refugees fleeing war and poverty in the middle east, asia and africa. in an address in athens on saturday, he compared the plight of migrants and refugees, many of whom have died at sea, as a "horrendous modern odyssey". he is welcomed on lesbos, his second trip in five years. and... he... has... spoken... on a number of occasions about his concern on the situation... with migrants. and... he is intending... he has a promise that, by the end of the year, 50 refugees will have been relocated to italy. on this latest trip in which he particularly focuses on the issue of migrants. as i say, a very changed picture. when he was there last time there were 25,000 people but nowjust last time there were 25,000 people but now just 2500. last time there were 25,000 people but nowjust 2500. but... he is speaking... to some of those migrant men and women, who will be telling him... their own stories... and it is... the last time he was there, as i say, he took 12 refugees... back on the plane with him from the camp on the plane with him from the camp on lesbos to rome. it's not clear whether he might do the same again. we will continue to monitor the pope in lesbos. at least 13 people have died and dozens have been injured on indonesia's java island, after an active volcano erupted for the second time in months. indonesia sits on the ring of fire, a region around the pacific ocean that's susceptible to volcanos and earthquakes. the volcano, mount seemeru, has been in a state of near constant eruption for decades. sodaba haidare reports. a thick, giant volcanic ash cloud on indonesia's java island sneaking up on nearby villages. the debris and smoke so thick it turns day into tonight, blocking the sun and leaving panic—stricken residents in pitch darkness. the hot lava instantly causes huge destruction, its first casualty, a 100—meter bridge connecting two areas in east java. the country's disaster mitigation agency says dozens of people have been injured, including two pregnant women. distraught residents return to their homes, now submerged in cold lava. hundreds of other families and children forced to flee their villages, destroyed by the volcano, are taken to nearby shelters. translation: people behind me have been evacuated, _ they are local villagers. some of the villagers are being evacuated to public areas. at the moment, they need assistance like daily necessities, food, drinks. we don't know how long they need to stay here. rescuers arrive at a village almost entirely destroyed by lava floods. they search for survivors. java's highest mountain at almost 4,000 meters erupted at 3pm local time on saturday. the volcano has been in a state of near—constant eruption for decades. sitting on the ring of fire, a region around the pacific ocean, indonesia is prone to volcanoes and earthquakes. in 2018, a volcano in the strait betweenjava and sumatra islands killed more than 400 people. sodaba haidare, bbc news. the killers of six—year old arthur labinjo—hughes are to have their prison sentences reviewed after claims they were not long enough. the attorney general will look again at the punishments given to arthur's father and stepmother. this morning, thejustice secretary dominic raab has said "the prime minister made clear that we want to see how "social services liaise with the criminaljustice agencies, "and what lessons we can learn". the prime minister is expected to announce an inquiry into arthur's death later today. simonjones reports. a little boy subjected to spiteful and sadistic cruelty by the couple who were supposed to be caring for him. emma tustin, described in court as a manipulative liar, was given a life sentence with a minimum term of 29 years for murder. arthur's father, thomas hughes, branded pitiless, got 21 years for manslaughter. the judge, mrjustice mark wall, said it had been, "without doubt, "one of the most distressing and disturbing cases "i have had to deal with." i've just laid flowers at the shrine for young arthur... but the solihull mp on social media said the sentences were too lenient. there's a palpable sense of real loss and tragedy over this and also, frankly, a sense of anger and questions as to how this was allowed to happen, how these monsters were allowed to inflict this horrible torture on this young boy. a spokesperson for the attorney general�*s office said, "the attorney general�*s thoughts are with those who loved arthur. "i can confirm that the sentences given to emma tustin "and thomas hughes have been referred to the attorney general "for a review to determine whether they were too low." the case could now be sent to the court of appeal. yesterday, fans of birmingham city, the club arthur supported, remembered him with applause in the sixth minute of their game, love shown for a little boy who thought no—one loved him. applause here, and the grounds around the country to mark the life of arthur labinjo—hughes, the six—year—old whose heartbreaking death has united the nation. a gesture repeated at several matches. today, there will be a vigil in solihull for arthur. the prime minister has said he will leave no stone unturned to find out what went wrong in what he called this appalling case. simon jones, bbc news. a blast of wintry weather is sweeping across parts of scotland and northern england, where nearly 5,000 homes are still without electricity nine days after the damage caused by storm arwen. business secretary kwasi kwarteng will visit bishop auckland later today and army troops will continue supporting residents in remote areas. mark mcalindon sent this report from northumberland. on saturday, royal artillery troops arrived at the west hartford fire station near cramlington to be briefed on battle plans of an unfamiliar kind. we're a very flexible organisation. we're trained and prepared for a range of tasks, um, be it abroad or at home. and, in this case, you know, in this period of goodwill, what better, what more rewarding task could there be than, you know, providing support and comfort to our local towns and villages? here to meet them was the mp for the enormous berwick—on—tweed constituency, where many have endured more than a week without power. these are very unusual events. and what we need to make sure is that when and if they do happen, that the ability to look after those most vulnerable who need it whilst the repairs are made is the critical part. in rothbury, small detachments collected supplies to take to remote and single households. from there, it was into the hills that surround the town, going door to door where evidence of the power of last week's storm is still visible. this is just a small part of a deployment of around 80 troops who've fanned out across remote parts of northumberland today, checking on some of the last households without power that people are ok. in the hamlet of yetlington, we find one woman, though, who's struggling to cope. it's terrible. it's awful. have you been told when your power will be restored? wednesday. next wednesday? wednesday coming, hopefully. can you cope until next wednesday? i'll have to. we're into eight days and possibly for some heading into nine days. there's a lot of strong people that live round here. quite resilient communities. we experience a lot of harsh winters, and we've had a lot of other disasters. but i think the strain for some is beginning to show. so, the wait for power goes on. but stephen bridgitte says accommodation can be provided for those who want it. mark mcalindon, bbc news. president biden and the russian leader vladimir putin have agreed to hold talks after weeks of rising tension over ukraine. the discussions will take place via video call on tuesday. russia has recently boosted its military presence near ukraine's border but denies that it's preparing an attack. mark lobel reports. testing their tanks. russia says these winter drills, already under way, will take place on ukraine's doorstep in the peninsula they annexed from it in 2014, and on russia's border with ukraine. it's there that a build—up of its tanks and over 90,000 troops worries america. they believe a russian invasion is on the cards. last face to face in geneva injune, presidents biden and putin will face off over the issue on tuesday via a secure video call, after us russian differences were on show at this security meeting in sweden on thursday. if russia decides to pursue confrontation, there will be serious consequences. translation: everyone is talking i about the escalation of tension l in europe, in particular on the russian—ukrainian border. you know our take on this very well. as president putin stated, we don't want any conflicts. so what could trigger a conflict? the two sides have fundamental differences about how the world j should be ordered and specifically |whether there should be this sort| of set of buffer states _ between russia and nato countries, if you like. and there's no real getting over that. i and the russians havel decided to up the ante. but if moscow's threat is to flex its muscle, if nato tries to expand in its direction, the us could take aim at russia's achille's heel — its already struggling economy. one can stop sanctioning russian sovereign debt, i one can remove russia from the swift system i of international payments, one can target certain sectors, _ notably the important energy sector, so there's sanctions. | and i think more broadly, - of course, one can make sure that the defences and the resilience of these sandwich states, _ of states like ukraine, are reinforced with - western training, money, and indeed weaponry. - this is a ukrainian military helicopter at the top of your screens, according to russia's ally, belarus, which accuses it of flouting its border on saturday. tensions remain high on all sides. including in eastern ukraine, with more than 500,000 russian passports reportedly issued in the area occupied by russian—backed forces. that's seen by some as a possible excuse for an invasion. add to that the ukrainian president talking of intercepted intelligence, pointing towards an imminent kremlin backed coup d'etat in his country, there is a lot resting on tuesday's talks. mark lobel, bbc news. four friends who are also dancers at the nupur arts dance academy in leicester have all won parts in a hollywood blockbuster. they responded to an advert for bollywood dancers and found themselves in the latest marvel movie, eternals. heidi booth went to meet them. a show—stopping slice of bollywood thanks to some hard work from leicester. shreya, nidi, and sanjay have danced their way into a massive hollywodd blockbuster. hollywood blockbuster. being on set and being around these people, that's something i hadn't really experienced on that scale ever before. so, for me, as a dancer, to get that chance to be a part of something that i love watching so much... like, if someone told me you're going to be in a marvel movie doing bollywood dancing, i would never have believed it. it's unreal. the friends responded to an advert looking for professional south asian dancers. they had no idea it was for a marvel film until they got to the auditions. once we found out it was marvel, it was just the thrill of knowing we're going to be in a marvel movie. all four of us that auditioned, got the role, it wasjust insane. an insane feeling, the excitement on the way back, we were all in the carjourney on the way back knowing that this is actually reality now. they are among 51 south asian bollywood dancers who feature in the new eternals movie alongside lead actor kumail nanjiani. cut! 0k. that was good. it was amazing, such a good experience. it was nice to be able to share that set and the stage and the experience with so many other dancers. this is the first time this many british south asian dancers . have been in a hollywood movie this bid — it is marvel, we made it. in the mcu, we really did make history and this isjust the beginning. | i'm really excited to see what comes out of it. i with the film now in cinemas, they can finally shout about being part of such a huge moment. everyone was so excited when that could finally happen. well worth the wait. it was so monumental. and, you know, kumail nanjiani who we were working with, was constantly reminding us that this is such a big step forward for south asians around the world. and, you know, we get to be the ones who represent that culture and bring it to the big screen. heidi botth, bbc news. you are watching bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello, again. we've got an east—west split with our weather patterns, today. certainly for eastern england, there's going to be quite a lot of cloud and some pantry outbreaks of rain. the rain tending to break up a little bit later on, so it might turn a bit brighterfor a time. rain easing across eastern scotland. any showers clearing elsewhere to give long spells of sunshine. the best of it across these western areas. quite a range of temperatures, but for the most part it's around 6—8 degrees for our highs, today. overnight tonight, it turns chilly for a time with some patches of frost developing ahead of this weather front that will then move in off the atlantic. and as this front bumps into the colder, well, we may well see a spell of snow, particularly to the north of the central belt in scotland. monday morning could see five centimetres in places. but even across higher parts of the southern uplands, the peaks and the pennines, we may see snow for a time. otherwise, it's rain that will push eastwards tomorrow followed by much colder air, a mixture of sunshine and showers, some of those showers wintry, chilly. temperatures just around 3—5 degrees in the north. that's your weather. the headlines: travellers entering england from 4am on tuesday will have to take a covid test before their departure. the health secretary, sajid javid, said the government decided to act after receiving new data about the spread of the omicron variant, which emerged in southern africa. nigeria is being added to britain's red list, meaning people arriving from there must quarantine in a hotel for ten days. the department of health said 21 omicron cases linked to nigerian travel had been discovered in recent days. travel industry representatives have described the latest changes in uk rules as a "hammer blow". the travel association abta called for the government "to step up "to save jobs and businesses" and for the cost of pcr tests to be reduced. at least 13 people have died when an active volcano errupted on the indonesian island ofjava. the eruption caught locals by surprise, sending thousands fleeing its path of destruction and forcing hundreds of families into makeshift shelters. the killers of six—year old arthur labinjo—hughes are to have their prison sentences reviewed after claims they were not long enough. let's get all the sport now from the bbc sports centre, and chetan pathak. thank you, good morning. we are going to start with football. manchester city leapfrogging chelsea manchester city lea pfrogging chelsea in the manchester city leapfrogging chelsea in the table getting their seventh win in all competitions in a row as they beat watford by 3—1 at vicarage road. pep guardiola very happy with this. bernardo silva scoring twice and the city boss was happy with another dominant performance from his side. the game could be over after 10, 15 minutes. and in the premier league after 2—0, even 3—0, never is over. but the most important thing, of course, we won, three more points, but the most important thing is that again we played in a consistent way that made us controlled and played a good game again. liverpool are just a point behind city, they moved ahead of chelsea thanks to a 94th minute